Input event interface devices not found in expected location /dev/input/eventX

[Nookhil]

I went through the installation steps as normal, but after running ../configure I got this message:

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for which... yes
checking for grep... yes
checking for ps... yes
checking for dumpkeys... yes
checking for /dev/input... no
configure: error: Input event interface devices not found in expected location /dev/input/eventX !

I am running this in the Chrome Terminal.